The Eternal Happiness of the Saints (Annotated)

<p>Annotated Edition including:</p><p>. A beautiful and Easy to Read Layout</p><p>. Notes </p><p>. A biography</p><p>. A bibliography.</p><p><br></p><p>LAST year for my own spiritual benefit especially I composed a Gradual to ascend unto God from the Contemplation of created objects. Now since it hath pleased God to prolong my old age a little longer I wish to meditate on that heavenly country to which all the sons of Adam ardently aspire who dwell lamenting and weeping in this valley of death; and these meditations I desire to write lest they perish. Wherefore in the Holy Scriptures which may be compared to Consoling Letters sent unto us in this our exile from heaven by our Father I find four names mentioned from which we may in a manner learn what are the good things of that land. The names are -Paradise Mansion City and a Kingdom. </p><p><br></p><p>Hence these four words mean one and the same thing; and the Paradise is so extensive that it can truly be called a House City and Kingdom. Wherefore concerning this most blessed place I will first under the word Kingdom; then under that of a City ; afterwards under that of a House ; and lastly under the word Paradise meditate in the chamber of my heart; and with God's assistance commit to writing what He shall please to suggest unto me.</p><p><br></p>